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No.384,730. I PatentedJunel9,1888

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BARREL MAKING'MAGHINB.

' No. 3 4,730. Patented June 19,1888;

' UNITED STATES' PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM T. VALE, OF TORONTO, ONTARIO, CANADA, AssIeNoR TO JOSHUA GEORGEBEARD, OF SAME PLACE. I

BARREL-MAKING MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 384,730, dated June 19,1888'.

Application filed July 29, 1886. Serial No. 209,463. (No model.)Patented in Canada August 23, 1886, No. 24,799; in Eng land October 5,1886, No. 12,658, andin France February 9, 1887, No.1l8,932.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that LWILLIAM THOMAS VALE, of the city of Toronto, in thecounty of York, in the Province of Ontario, Canada, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in BarreLMaking Machines, (for whichI have obtained Letters Patent in Canada, August 23, 1886, No. 24,799;in Great Britain, October 5, 1886, No. 12,658, and in France, February9,

1887, No. 178,932,) of which the following is a specification.

The object of the invention is to design a machine which can be readilyadapted to the manufacturing of barrels of various sizes and :5 by whichend hoops may be placed on the barrel.

It consists in the peculiar combinations and the novel construction,arrangement, and adaptation of parts, all as more fully hereinafterdescribed and claimed.

Figure 1 is a perspective side view of my barrel-machine. Fig. 2 is aperspective end view showing the rings expanded and the standard and itsaccessories thrown back ready 2 5 for the removal of the barrel. Fig. 3is a 'detail of the ba'rreLfOrmer. Fig. 4 is a detail showing the meansfor adjusting the cutter.

In the drawings, likeletters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

A is the main driving-pulley, which revolves loosely on the shaft D whenthe machine is standing. Thepulley A communicates motion by means of thefriction-clutches B and 0 when engaged to the shaft D; thence, by aseries of gear pinions and wheels, E, F, G, H, I, and J, to thesprocket-wheel K on the same shaft as the gear-wheel J. Thesprocket-wheel K is connected by a sprocket-chain to the sprocket L on astud on the main frame M of the ma- 0 chine. On the same stud as thesprocketwheel L is journaled the sprocket-wheel N,

which imparts motion to the feed-rollers a by its connection by chainand sprocket b on the end of the feed-roller spindle (Z.

As represented in the drawings, the machine is not in operation, as itwill be seen that the friction-clutches B and C are disengaged; butimmediately upon the foot-lever 0 being tilted upon its pivot 0, itpresses the pin 0, formed on the end of the bell-crank P,against the hubvolve, as also, by means of the sprocket-wheel 6o L and intermediateconnections, as above described, the feedrollers a on the spindle d,

which is separate from the shaft of the former.

It will be noticed that the spindle (Z is journaled in bearing-boxes d,suitably supported, 6

one near each end of the former, on the standards e, and may be adjustedvertically by means of the screw-spindles f to suit the'size of thebarrel placed upon the former. These standards 6 are pivoted at theirlower ends on the shaft m, and near their middle on their rear side theyare hollowed, as shown at e, to re ceive the shaft Q when they are inthe position in which they are shown in Fig. 1.

As the barrel-former R revolves inthe diy rection indicated by arrows,the rollers a, to which the staves h are fed in any convenient manner,act upon the staves h, feeding them in till they reach the pointindicated in- Fig. 1, where they are held by the dogs g, pivoted at gonthe portion of the rings called S. The rollers a continue to act tillall the staves necessary for the completion of the barrel are fed 1n.

As the barrel-former R revolves in the di- 8 rection indicated by arrowand the rollers a revolve in the opposite direction, they act jointlyupon the staves hh, drawing them in upon the former R under the portionsof the ring called 'I from the fixed plates 13, over 0 which the stavesare fed; V t I In order to prevent too great spring of the staves h asthey are being fed in, I pivot upon the spindle d the hand-levers t,having their free ends connected with the rod t, joining the standards eby means of springs t". In order to bend the staves h h into the shapeof the former R, and thus insure their being fed upon the former R underthe ends of portions 'I, the hand-levers i are brought to bear upon 10oformer.

the ends of the staves h, thus pressing the ends of the staves downbefore being fed into the The hand-levers z are brought to bear upon thestaves h as they are being fed between the portions of the rings calledT and the barrel-former R, which as it revolves brings each succeedingstave gradually round until the entire annular opening between theformer R and the sections S and T is filled up with staves. Each of therings consists of two separable like portions, S T. The rings arearranged one near each end of the former, soon to be described. When thefirst stave, h, has completed the circuit and been brought around by therevolution of the former R past the portion T to the'position indicatedin Fig. 1, it is held by the pivoted dogs 9, the tails of which areupheld by the pins 15, which throw the point of the tooth downward togrip the edge of the stave h. The rollers a, former R, and hand-levers;are brought to act upon each succeeding stave until it butts against theone preceding it and already fixed in position, and all the stavesnecessary for the completion of the barrel are thus closed togethcr.After the staves are all in position the pins 15 are removed and thedogs 9 withdrawn, when the end hoops are placed over the ends of thestaves, which are thus bound together.

In Fig. 2 I show the portions S T of the rings within which the barrelis formed separated to permit of its removal when formed. This isaccomplished by the handwheels j, which operate the spindles 70, whichhave a right and left hand thread cut on each to permit the ringportions S and T of each ring to work from or toward the center of thespindles 75, so as to close or open the ring. It will be seen that thesespindles are connected together by the sprocket-chain Z on the side ofthe machine opposite to the hand-wheels j. The portions S and T of eachring may be adjusted longitudinally on the frame M by the set-screws 11.

12 are catches pivoted on the portions T, and are designed to hook overthe shaft (1 to keep the standard 6 in a vertical position during theprocess of forming the barrel.

13 are plates pivotally secured at 21 to the upper end of the portionsS, and have flanges 14. 011 the outer ends, against which flanges oneend of the staves h h is placed, in order to deliver the staves withtheir ends even into the former It, for the purpose of making the feedeven into the former.

15 are stop-pins placed beneath the tail of the dogs 9 to prevent themgetting in the way of the staves as they are fed in.

16 are guards placed on the portions S to protect the cutters U.

Upon the inner surface of the portions S and Tof the rings I attachremovably in any suitand t, which may be varied in thickness to suit thesize of the barrel desired to be formed.

There are disks m that I pivot on the outer face of the ring portions S,which press against the ends of each stave as it is being cut off andfinished by the cutters U.

As there is" nothing different in the cutters from the ordinary ones nowin use, being sim' ply circular saws,- preferably, I shall now proceedto describe the means by which they are driven and the mode of adjustingthem to the different-sized barrels.

Upon the bed-plate of the main frame M, I journal the shaft m, whichderives motion by the belt a, connected to the motive power. On thisshaft, which is arranged parallel to the stud of the sprocket-wheel N, Iplace the pulleys 0, which are connected by the belts p to thecutter-shafts q, suitably jonrnaled in advance of the former in hearingsin the standards c, and by rocking the said standards upon their shaft mthe cutters U are brought against the staves. Upon the shaft q, Irigidly secure the collars r, two near each end. Into the recess betweeneach two of these collars is fitted the bent end a of the slide v, whichmay be adjusted longitudinally in any suitable wayfor instance, by meansof the handle 1) on said slideso as to move the shaft q endwise, andthus bring the cutter U into the proper position for sawing off the endsof the staves for the different lengths of barrels.

On reference to Fig. 4 the means of adjusting the cutter U to suit thedifferent diameters of the barrels may be easily understood.

w is a hand-wheel at the end of the screwspindle m, which passes throughthe set-screw y. The set-screw 2 extends into the box a, which supportsthe cutter-shaft q, all of which work upon the bracket V.

When the barrel desired to be formed is of small diameter, the cuttermay be brought closer to the standard 6, and when the barrel is desiredto be of greater diameter it may be removed farther away from thestandard 0 by manipulating the hand-wheel 10 so as to bring theset-screw y toward the outer end of the slot formed in the bracket V, asshown in Fig. 4.

Upon the ends of the staves of the barrel being finished by the cutterU, there being one at each end of the former on the shaft q, the endhoops, which may be suspended from hooks, arranged one near each end ofthe former and preferably attached to or forming a part of the boxes d,as shown in Fig. 1, may be slipped off onto the ends of the barrel, asshown in Fig. 2, where they are secured in any well-known manner. Thedrum or barrel-former It is then collapsed, as hereinafter described,and the barrel may be withdrawn.

In Fig. 3 I show the method of constructing my improved cage, drum, orbarrel-former R. It will be seen in this figure that it is composed offour sections, IV, attached by pivoted arms X to a collar, Y, fixed onthe main shaft through elongated slots formed in the forked fold withinthe other.

end of the arm 3, the slots in the opposite arms being of the samelength, but those of one pair of arms being of greater length than thosein the other, so that one pair will pull before the other. On referenceto Figs. 2 and 3, it will be seen that there are two collars, Y, and twosets of arms, X; but only one of the collars Yis provided with arms 3.Thekey 2 passes through the collar Z and the slot 8in the shaft Q andengages a slot in the spindle 4, and thus connects the collar Z to thespindle 4, which passes through the shaft Q, and at the outer end ofwhich the handle 5 is attached. The handle 5 has two bell-cranks, 6,pivoted to it at w, the inner ends of which fit into the recess 7 on theend of the shaft Q. In this posi tion the barrel-former is held expandedready for the formation of the barrel.

When it is desired to collapse the barrelformer or drum B so as topermit of the removal of the barrel, the attendant of the machine hasmerely to press the outer ends of the bell-cranks 6, so as to removetheir inner points from the recess 7, and draw outwardly, as inindicatedby arrow, thus moving the collar Z outwardly along the shaft Q, andbringing the arms 3 and X, and consequently the four sections, closer tothe shaft, the pins 9, riding in the slots 10, permitting this movement,the fitting points of the sections being beveled, as shown at w Fig. 3,so as to permit one pair to The standards 6 are pivoted in any suitableway so as to be thrown back into the position shown in Fig. 2 to allowof the ready removal of the barrel.

It will be seen from this description that the labor of making barrelsfrom my machine is such as a boy can easily attend to. Another greatadvantage in my machine is the means for adjusting the ringslongitudinally on the frame M to suit the length of the barrel,different sized drums or barrel-formers being set on the shaft Q tocorrespond with the position of these rings, the removal of the key 2and the means which secure the collars Y to the shaftQ allowing of theremoval of the former.

that I claim as my invention is- 1. The combination, with thefeed-rollers, their shaft, the shaft Q, and the former carried thereby,of the shaft D, parallel with said shaft Q, driving pulley A andfriction clutches thereon, gear-wheel E on the shaft D, wheel I on theshaft Q, and intermediate gearing, sub stantially as described, betweenthe shafts D and Q, sprocketwheels L N K, the latter driven from thewheel I, and connections with the shaft of the feedrollers, as and forthe purpose specified.

2. The feed-rollers a and a and a drum or barrel-former, R, drivensubstantially as specified and fed with staves by the feed-rollers a, incombination with hand-leversz on the shaft of said feed-rollers,substantially as and for the purpose specified.

3. The shaft 111, standards 6, shaft (1, and the.

feed-rollers a, located on the shaft d, which is journaled inbearing-boxes on the standards 6, pivoted on the shaft m, combined withthe barrel-former E, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

4. The standards e, spindle d,-and the roll ers (1, located on thespindle d, journaled in bearing-boxes adjustably held on the standardse, in combination with the barretformer R, and the screw-spindles f,arranged to adthe main driving-pulley A, so as to bring the clutches Band G into gear, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

6. A shaft, Q, abarrel-former, R, carried on said shaft, a series ofspur-wheels, H, G, F, and E, connecting said shaft Q to the shaft D, andthe gear-wheels I J, in combination with the sprocket-wheels b, L, N,and K, the shaft D, spindle d, and the feed-rollers a on the spindle d,which is caused to revolve by the sprocket-wheels b, L, N, and K,connected together by sprocket-chain, the sprocket-wheel K being on thesame shaft as the gear-wheel J, which is driven by the gear-wheel I,located on the shaft Q, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

7. The cutter 'U, the slide 0, the end u of which fits into the recessbetween the collars r on the cutter spindle or shaft said shaft q andthe sliding block 2., in which it is journaled, in combination with thecollars 'r on said shaft, the screw-spindle x, bracket V, setscrew 3/,and the hand-wheel w, operating the screw-spindle as, which projectsthrough the set-screw y, extending into the block a, situated on thebracket V, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

8. A barrel-former,R, divided into sections NV and connected to collarsY on the shaft Q by the arms X, in combination with said arms, shaft,and collars, the spindle 4, key 2,handle 5, and the collar Z, connectedby the arms 3, slotted, as described, to the arms X of one of thecollars Y, the said collar Z being connected to the spindle 4 .by theflat key 2, and so arranged that when the handle 5 is drawn out thesections WV of theformer It will collapse, substantially as and'for thepurpose specified.

9. The slotted ar1ns3,arms X,provided with pins 9, the sections W, andthe collar Z, connected to the sections V by the arms 3, pro vided withslots 10, within which the pins 9 on the arms X work or slide topermitthe collapse of the sections W, in combination with the spindle 4,connected to the collar Z, the shaft Q, and the handle 5, for operatingsaid collar longitudinally on the shaft Q, substantially as and for thepurpose specified.

10. A collar, Z, arms 3, bell-crank 6, and a barrel former, R, havingsections V, connected by the arms 3 to the collar Z, shaft Q, havingrecess 7,and the rod4,having handle 5, said collar constructed to holdthe former or drum R expanded during the time the end of W. T. VALE. Inpresence of- CHARLES C. BALDWIN, J. M. JACKSON.

